Fertility & birth rates in Tajikistan and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Tajikistan vs Zimbabwe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Tajikistan was 3.07 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Tajikistan	Zimbabwe
1960	6.24	7.2
1961	6.35	7.21
1962	6.48	7.23
1963	6.62	7.23
1964	6.68	7.23
1965	6.74	7.23
1966	6.82	7.2
1967	6.89	7.16
1968	6.91	7.11
1969	6.91	7.04
1970	6.91	6.98
1971	6.91	6.94
1972	6.89	6.94
1973	6.84	6.94
1974	6.77	6.88
1975	6.69	6.83
1976	6.6	6.77
1977	6.49	6.71
1978	6.4	6.66
1979	6.31	6.59
1980	6.21	6.52
1981	6.12	6.45
1982	6.03	6.33
1983	5.98	6.2
1984	5.96	6.04
1985	5.94	5.87
1986	5.91	5.69
1987	5.84	5.5
1988	5.75	5.28
1989	5.61	5.07
1990	5.46	4.88
1991	5.28	4.72
1992	5.06	4.57
1993	4.92	4.39
1994	4.79	4.28
1995	4.66	4.15
1996	3.94	4.11
1997	4.06	4.08
1998	4.07	4.07
1999	3.85	4.06
2000	3.49	4.01
2001	3.49	3.98
2002	3.47	3.93
2003	3.42	3.86
2004	3.51	3.78
2005	3.4	3.69
2006	3.34	3.64
2007	3.37	3.68
2008	3.39	3.78
2009	3.43	3.95
2010	3.46	4.04
2011	3.46	4.13
2012	3.42	4.13
2013	3.43	4.11
2014	3.46	4.01
2015	3.46	3.91
2016	3.38	3.83
2017	3.29	3.77
2018	3.29	3.74
2019	3.28	3.75
2020	3.21	3.75
2021	3.17	3.77
2022	3.13	3.77
2023	3.07	3.72
2024	3.04	3.67
2025	2.99	3.62
2026	2.96	3.57
2027	2.93	3.52
2028	2.89	3.47
2029	2.86	3.43
2030	2.83	3.38
2031	2.8	3.33
2032	2.76	3.29
2033	2.73	3.25
2034	2.7	3.21
2035	2.68	3.17
2036	2.65	3.13
2037	2.63	3.09
2038	2.6	3.06
2039	2.58	3.02
2040	2.55	2.99
2041	2.53	2.96
2042	2.51	2.93
2043	2.49	2.9
2044	2.46	2.87
2045	2.44	2.84
2046	2.42	2.81
2047	2.4	2.78
2048	2.38	2.75
2049	2.37	2.72
2050	2.35	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tajikistan	Zimbabwe
1960	40.2%	47.3%
1961	41.4%	47.7%
1962	42.5%	48.1%
1963	43.4%	48.5%
1964	44.1%	48.8%
1965	44.4%	48.7%
1966	44.6%	48.6%
1967	44.7%	48.5%
1968	44.7%	48.5%
1969	44.6%	48.4%
1970	44.6%	48.3%
1971	44.5%	48.2%
1972	44.4%	48.2%
1973	44.3%	48.1%
1974	44.2%	48.1%
1975	44%	48.1%
1976	43.8%	48.2%
1977	43.6%	48.3%
1978	43.4%	48.5%
1979	43.2%	48.8%
1980	43.2%	48.7%
1981	43.2%	48.4%
1982	43.2%	48.3%
1983	43.3%	48.2%
1984	43.3%	48.1%
1985	43.3%	48%
1986	43.1%	47.9%
1987	43.1%	47.9%
1988	43.2%	47.9%
1989	43.4%	47.6%
1990	43.7%	47.1%
1991	44%	46.6%
1992	44.3%	46.8%
1993	44.6%	47.1%
1994	44.8%	46.6%
1995	44.9%	45.9%
1996	44.7%	45%
1997	44.3%	44%
1998	43.7%	43.1%
1999	43%	42.4%
2000	42.3%	41.9%
2001	41.5%	41.5%
2002	40.7%	41.4%
2003	39.9%	41.5%
2004	39.3%	41.7%
2005	38.6%	41.9%
2006	38%	42%
2007	37.6%	42.1%
2008	37.3%	42.4%
2009	37%	42.7%
2010	36.8%	43%
2011	36.7%	43.4%
2012	36.7%	43.7%
2013	36.5%	43.9%
2014	36.4%	43.9%
2015	36.3%	43.8%
2016	36.3%	43.6%
2017	36.2%	43.3%
2018	36.2%	42.9%
2019	36.3%	42.5%
2020	36.4%	42.2%
2021	36.6%	41.9%
2022	36.6%	41.6%
2023	36.5%	41.3%
2024	36.3%	40.9%
2025	35.9%	40.3%
2026	35.4%	39.6%
2027	35%	39%
2028	34.5%	38.4%
2029	33.9%	37.8%
2030	33.2%	37.4%
2031	32.5%	37%
2032	32%	36.8%
2033	31.6%	36.5%
2034	31.2%	36.3%
2035	30.8%	36.1%
2036	30.4%	35.8%
2037	30.1%	35.6%
2038	29.8%	35.3%
2039	29.6%	35.1%
2040	29.4%	34.8%
2041	29.2%	34.6%
2042	29.1%	34.3%
2043	29%	34.1%
2044	28.9%	33.8%
2045	28.7%	33.5%
2046	28.6%	33.2%
2047	28.4%	32.9%
2048	28.1%	32.6%
2049	27.9%	32.2%
2050	27.6%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.3% of the population in Tajikistan and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tajikistan and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Tajikistan vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.42% in Tajikistan and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Tajikistan	Zimbabwe
1960	65,415	126,959
1961	68,182	131,531
1962	70,700	136,317
1963	73,065	140,984
1964	74,030	145,848
1965	75,139	151,164
1966	76,702	156,014
1967	78,733	161,205
1968	80,698	166,865
1969	82,931	172,626
1970	85,645	178,979
1971	88,618	185,427
1972	91,677	193,725
1973	94,523	201,885
1974	97,481	208,806
1975	100,604	216,947
1976	103,777	221,419
1977	106,920	225,139
1978	110,564	222,979
1979	114,496	223,657
1980	117,888	241,179
1981	121,418	271,361
1982	127,838	279,934
1983	133,280	286,545
1984	139,145	290,052
1985	145,720	290,756
1986	155,987	289,894
1987	163,611	286,766
1988	172,805	277,498
1989	179,212	270,838
1990	178,429	265,444
1991	177,585	260,943
1992	163,652	255,291
1993	157,975	228,045
1994	167,590	216,343
1995	168,934	206,695
1996	138,287	205,269
1997	149,825	216,288
1998	153,508	225,614
1999	147,622	232,393
2000	136,549	236,343
2001	142,276	227,909
2002	146,492	244,170
2003	150,391	243,057
2004	161,201	248,307
2005	160,189	248,545
2006	164,046	248,963
2007	173,200	261,805
2008	182,337	280,527
2009	192,851	309,316
2010	201,389	335,570
2011	208,429	359,572
2012	213,078	371,135
2013	220,693	374,757
2014	227,304	366,350
2015	230,903	356,203
2016	228,547	348,772
2017	224,396	344,035
2018	228,597	345,883
2019	231,817	348,798
2020	219,467	354,790
2021	222,850	349,908
2022	228,336	371,243
2023	223,828	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Tajikistan vs Zimbabwe

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 14 deaths per 100,000 live births in Tajikistan, compared to 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tajikistan	Zimbabwe
1985	98	573
1986	91	525
1987	91	480
1988	83	431
1989	85	382
1990	80	353
1991	79	332
1992	84	333
1993	84	331
1994	85	332
1995	81	332
1996	82	352
1997	76	357
1998	72	368
1999	64	399
2000	58	405
2001	58	467
2002	48	418
2003	39	455
2004	36	451
2005	36	454
2006	35	480
2007	30	519
2008	29	526
2009	29	540
2010	26	567
2011	25	564
2012	23	558
2013	21	525
2014	21	468
2015	20	428
2016	20	411
2017	17	389
2018	16	386
2019	16	388
2020	25	380
2021	25	446
2022	14	368
2023	14	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.73% in Tajikistan and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Tajikistan	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12.4%
1968	-	12.1%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.7%
1971	-	11.5%
1972	15.5%	11.5%
1973	15%	11.4%
1974	14.4%	11.4%
1975	14%	11.4%
1976	13.5%	11.5%
1977	13.2%	11.5%
1978	13%	11.5%
1979	12.8%	11.3%
1980	12.7%	11.1%
1981	12.6%	10.7%
1982	12.5%	10.1%
1983	12.3%	9.5%
1984	12%	8.87%
1985	11.6%	8.31%
1986	11.1%	7.86%
1987	10.5%	7.61%
1988	10.1%	7.55%
1989	9.88%	7.69%
1990	9.92%	7.97%
1991	10.2%	8.33%
1992	10.6%	8.73%
1993	10.9%	9.16%
1994	11%	9.52%
1995	10.8%	9.83%
1996	10.4%	10%
1997	9.86%	10.1%
1998	9.26%	10%
1999	8.62%	9.92%
2000	7.97%	9.83%
2001	7.34%	9.79%
2002	6.75%	8.48%
2003	6.18%	8.85%
2004	5.67%	9.17%
2005	5.22%	9.23%
2006	4.82%	9.4%
2007	4.47%	9.47%
2008	4.17%	9.34%
2009	3.92%	9.03%
2010	3.7%	8.5%
2011	3.52%	7.88%
2012	3.36%	7.14%
2013	3.23%	6.55%
2014	3.12%	6.18%
2015	3.02%	5.98%
2016	2.94%	5.69%
2017	2.88%	5.5%
2018	2.83%	5.23%
2019	2.81%	5.11%
2020	2.8%	5.01%
2021	2.79%	4.76%
2022	2.77%	4.6%
2023	2.73%	4.42%